Charles Burt Sumner

Background

Sumner, Charles Burt was born on August 17, 1837 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George and Julia Fisk (Newell) Sumner.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1862 (Phi Beta Kappa). Graduate Andover Theological Seminary, 1867. (Doctor of Laws, Pomona College, California, 1910).

Career

Private 45th Massachusetts Volumes, 1862-1863. Ordained Congressional ministry, 1868. Pastor Monson, Massachusetts, 1868-1880, West Somerville, 1880-1882, Tuscon, Arizona, 1882-1884.

Superintendent home missions, Las Vegas, New Mexico, 1884-1886.

Pastor Pomona, California, 1887-1888. Claremont, California, 1891-1893.

Secretary and business manager, Pomona College, 1888-1890. Professor Biblical literature, Pomona College, 1890-1899, now trustee.

Achievements

• Charles Burt Sumner has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman. by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: The Story of Pomona College, 1914.

Membership

Clubs: University, Yale (Los Angeles, California).

Connections

Married Mary Louise Stedman, of Southbridge, Massachusetts, October 7, 1869 (now deceased). Married second, Maria Frost Cole, of New York City, January 26, 1904 (now deceased).

Father:

George Sumner

Mother:

Julia Fisk (Newell) Sumner

Spouse:

Mary Louise Stedman

Spouse:

Maria Frost Cole